Download or read book Genetic and Behavior Analyses of Pollen Hoarding in the Honey Bee Apis Mellifera L written by Richard Leo Hellmich and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Genetic and Behavior Analysis of Pollen Hoarding in the Honey Bee Apis Mellifera L written by Richard Leo Hellmich and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bee Genetics and Breeding written by Thomas E. Rinderer and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bee Genetics and Breeding provides an overview of the state of knowledge in bee genetics and breeding. The book is organized into two parts. Part I deals with the scholarly issues of bee genetics. It is intended as a reference source for students of both bees and genetics. It could also serve as a text for university courses in bee genetics. Topics discussed include the evolution of eusocial insects; geographical variability and classification of honey bees; and behavioral and biochemical genetics of honey bees. Part II deals more specifically with the practical issues of bee breeding. The discussions include the quantitative genetics of honey bees; ways to define and measure honey-bee characteristics so that the "best" parents for honey-bee stock improvement programs can be selected; and mating designs. This section contains sufficient guidance for bee breeders to initiate or improve breeding programs. Apiculturalists generally will find this part especially interesting since the quality of their own bee stock depends on the skills and knowledge of the breeders who produce their queens.

Download or read book Investigations of the Honey Bee Pollen hoarding Syndrome written by Jennifer Mariko Tsuruda and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Foraging Behavior of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera L written by John Purdy and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Foraging Behavior of the Honeybee (Apis mellifera, L.) provides a scholarly resource for knowledge on the regulation, communication, resource allocation, learning and characteristics of honeybee foraging behavior at the individual and colony level. Foraging, in this context, is the exploration of the environment around a honey bee hive and the collection of resources (pollen, nectar, water, etc.) by bees in the worker caste of a colony. Honeybees have the unique ability to balance conflicting and changing resource needs in rapidly changing environments, thus their characterization as “superorganisms made up of individuals who act in the interest of the whole. This book explores the fascinating world of honey bees in their struggle to obtain food and resources in the ecosystem and environment around the hive. Written by a team of international experts on honey bee behavior and ecology, this book covers current and historical knowledge, research methods and modeling used in the field of study and includes estimates of key parameters of energy utilization, quantities of materials collected, and identifies inconsistencies or gaps in current knowledge in the field. Establishes a basis of current knowledge on honeybees to build and advance understanding of their foraging behavior Addresses stressors such as habitat loss, climate change, pesticides, pests and diseases Presents concise concepts that facilitate direct traceability to the original underlying research

Download or read book Genetic Structure of Feral Honey Bee Apis Mellifera L Populations in California written by David Irven Nielsen and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Genetic and Genotypic Components of Foraging and Defensive Behavior in Honey Bee Apis Mellifera L Colonies written by Ernesto Guzman-Novoa and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Genetic Architecture of Reproductive Differences in Workers of Africanized and European Honey Bees Apis Mellifera written by Allie Marie Graham and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera) displays a special form of social behavior called eusociality. The evolution of its reproductively specialized castes and social behavior from a solitary ancestor may be explained by the reproductive ground plan hypothesis. This hypothesis predicts a relationship between the variation of ovary size and -activity and social behavior. At the phenotypic level, ovary size has been associated with a whole set of behavioral phenotypes, known as the pollen hoarding syndrome. While many of these phenotypes are potentially influenced by regulatory pathways, involving juvenile hormone and vitellogenin, the exact genetic links between ovary size determination and social behavior are still unknown. To test the generality of the hypothesized genetic linkage between reproductive and social behavior, I investigated the genetic architecture of ovary size differences between Africanized and European honey bees. Two backcrosses of a hybrid queen and Africanized drones that resulted in transgressive worker ovary phenotypes were studied for pleiotropic effects of existing behavioral QTL and potential new QTL with a combination of SNP and microsatellite markers. Analyses show small but significant effects on ovary size for some of the behavioral QTL, as predicted by the reproductive ground plan hypothesis. In addition, I detected two new QTL of major effect on ovary size. I describe potential candidate genes for the QTL and suggest that the detected major and minor effects could reflect genetic control of caste divergence and worker division of labor, respectively, representing two distinct stages of honey bee social evolution that may be connected via female reproductive physiology."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.

Download or read book Nest cleaning Behavior in Two Genetic Stocks of Honey Bees Apis Mellifera L written by Paul Alexis Rab and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Analysis of Some Aspects of Flight Behavior of the Drone Honey Bee Apis Mellifera L with Particular Reference to the Effects of Age and Genetic Stock written by Peter Charles Witherell and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Genetic and Hormonal Regulation of Worker Behavioral Development in Honey Bees written by Tugrul Giray and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Genetic Structure and Kinship Discrimination in Honey Bee Apis Mellifera L Colonies written by P. Kirk Visscher and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pollen Preferences and Factors Which Influence Pollen Collection by the Honey Bee Apis Mellifera L written by Ronald Wayne Intermill and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the fascinating world of honey bees and their collection of pollen. Using scientific research, the author delves into the various factors that influence their behavior and choices, shedding light on the complex interactions between bees and their environment. Anyone interested in the natural world and the intricate workings of ecosystems will find this book a compelling read. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Hive and the Honey Bee written by Joe M. Graham and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 1057 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Genetics of Honey Bee Apis Mellifera Hygienic Behaviour written by Gladys Ho and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Neuroethology of Honey Bee Apis Mellifera Hygienic Behavior written by Rebecca Melton Masterman and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Pollen Foraging Ecology of Honey Bees Apis Mellifera in a Fragmented Environment written by Byeong Hon Park and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honey bees recruit foragers to rich food sources through the waggle dance. The waggle dance has been used extensively to study the foraging ecology of honey bees in various habitats. We decoded waggle dances and used DNA barcoding of bee-collected pollen to characterize the foraging ecology of honey bees Apis mellifera L.) over 17 months around La Jolla, California, a heavily fragmented environment containing urban, semi-urban, and patches of native scrub habitats. We divided the year into three distinct seasons (dormant, growth, and dry) based on natural patterns of warming and rainfall to understand how honey bee foraging varies over ecologically relevant temporal scales in a fragmented environment. We detected a significant effect of season on foraging distances. We also found that colonies focused their foraging efforts on few patches during the dormant season and performed increasingly wider searches for pollen with changes in season. Lastly, we detected significant seasonal turnover in the proportion of pollen loads with native or non-native pollen. Bees focused their pollen foraging on native species during the dormant season; both native and non-native species during the growth season; and, non-native species during the dry season. Our results show that honey bees are capable of adjusting their foraging behavior with season to exploit common, abundant native and non-native flowers, illustrating the remarkable adaptability of honey bees in fragmented habitats. Furthermore, our study indicates that honey bees may serve as pollinators of common native plants in light of declines in native pollinators bought on by habitat fragmentation.